Ophthalmic mounting



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Y w F. A. sTEvENs ET AL oPaTHALuIc MOUNTING 'miginal Filed May 15. 1922 Patented Jan. 15, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT O FREDERICK A. STEVENS AND JAMES AssIGNORs To :BAUSOH .Ann LOMB OPTICAL COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.`

OPHTHALMIC MOUNTING.

1,699,08tl i w. WELSH, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND,

Original application tiled May 15, 1922, Serial No- 560,954.,` Divided and this application led .ll'anuary 29, l.

i 1924. Serial No. 689,243. l

The present invention relates to ophthab mic mount-ings or eyeglasses, and more particularly to spectacle temples. lhe present implication is a division ot a copending application, Serial No. 560,954, tiled May 15,4

1n the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a view ot' aspeotacle temple constructed accordinuv to an embodiment of the j resent 1uventioii, and shown hinged to a lens frame; and Fig. is a longitudinal section taken upon the line of Fig. l, looking 11n the direction of the arrows. j

The temple of the present invention is, for the mostpart, constituted of plast1c nonmetallic material, likel Celluloid, zylonite or other composition. lts outer surface tapers from its larger or forward ends towards its rear end ot smaller diameter and its sides are flat-tened. It is shown pivotally connected or secured at its tor fard end to a lens-holding eyeglass frame 2 by a hinge 6. Spectacle or eyeglass templo bars of this type are in comnioii use, but are comparatively heavy and clumsy, and rather thick at the rear ends to provide the necessary rigidity tor holding the temple iu place behind the ear. This is particularly true ofskull temples, for the rear ends ot skull temples re designed to engage. and hold firmly against, the skull, and `'this they can not do unless the nonnietallic material is thick and ot substantial proportions.

According to the invention described and claimed in the above-named copending application, however, the thickness ot' the rear oud of the templo may bc inadesinall compared to that ot the forward end. the rtequired rigidity being attained by the use ot a 'reinforcing or strengthening' member loll shown as a. flexible metal wire or core. To this oud the butt or main body portion Atot' thc temple bar extends throughout a. substantial length ot the temple, and is longitudinally bored or recessed for a relatively short distance at 156 from the roerend towards the forward end. The longitudinal bore 15(3- is approximately of uniform dimension to start with, but the forward end 155 Ot the reinforcing rod 154 is sharp pointed, as shown. This sharp-pointed rod 15st is forced by pressure into the bore 150, becoming thus the ends 160 and 162.

wedged or anchored orembeddedinto place,` or intcrlocked with the Walls ofthe bore or recess 150, and automatically rendering the forward portion 152 of the flnalbore 150 O1` reduced dimension.` `71`O1tacilitate this fore# ing or` wedgng process, the temple is Origi-` nally cutaway at 153, so as to provide a? comparatively smallbore `15O,permittingthe rod 154i to be grippedvery much closer to thocndll ot' the rod fwllile itvis wedged` into position. The rear portion of the' rod 151 is thus caused to extendrcarwardly from the rear cud of the mainbody port-ion 4 in which` it is secured.` A comparatively longen` non-metallic flexible tube 156 of comparatively small cross-dimension is then mounted over or about substantially the entire length of the rearward project-ing portion 158 of the rod 154 to surround and `cover it. The free end of the bore of the tube 156`may be plugged with a non-metallic plug 110, el tectually concealing the reinforcing rod. The plug 110 may be integrally `secured to the tube 156, as by the use of a solvent, or in any other desired manner. The temple may be bent or curved into any desired temple shape, such as the ear-hook or skull shape, so as to extend over the ear Ot the wearer.

An object of the firmly to secure the `parts together at the joint 153. According to oneembodiment ot the invention, a metal collar 159 is mounted over the adjacent abutting rear end 160 of the member il and forward end 162 of the tube 156. The collar serves not only for strength, but as an Ornament also. If desi red, the said abutting ends 160 and 162 may be couutcrsunk, as shown at 164, so that the collar is made flush with the outside surface oi the completed temple, but this `is `bygno means essential.

Temples of this type, as hitherto con` structed, have been very weak zit-'the junction 153 between therear end `of the butt or main `body portion 4 and the of the rear portion 156. Y

The rod 154 may be provided with holding enlargements 176, one sunk into each of These enlargements serve to strengthen the temple at the weak junction 153between theends `160 and 162.

Many modifications may be made by perpresent invention is more l forward end j j sons skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the invention7 as defined in the ap )ended claims.

Vhat is claimed is:

l. A spectacle temple comprising a non metallic member of comparatively large cross-dimension bored at its rear end and adapted to be hinged at the forward end`r a reinforcing metal member mounted in the bore and projecting rearward beyond the bore, and a non-metallic tube oit comparatively small cross-dimension mounted over the rearward projecting portion of the metal member, the metal member being provided with an enlargement to strengthen the temple at the unction between the non-metallic member and the tube,

2. A spectacle temple comprising a nonmetallicmember adapted to be hinged at the forward end and having a rearward projecting metal member, and a non-metallic tube mounted over the rearward projecting metal member, the metal member being provided with an enlargement for holding the parts together.

3. A spectacle temple comprising a nonmetallic member adapted to be hinged at the forward end and bored at its rear end, a

reinforcing metal member mounted in the bore and projecting rearward beyond the bore, and a non-metallic tube mounted over the rearward projecting portion ot the metal member, the metal member being provided with enlargements sunk into the non-metallic member and the tube for holding the parts together.

et. A spectacle temple comprising a nonmetallic member adapted to be hinged at the forward end and having a` rearward projecting metal member, a Inon-metallic tube mounted over the rearward projecting metal member, and means acting at the rear end of the non-metallic member and the forward end ot' the tube to secure the parte together.

A spectacle temple comprising a nonmetallic member adapterfl to be hinged at the Jforward end and having a rearward projecting reinforcing metal member, a non-metallic tube mounted over the rearward proj ecting metal member, and a collar mounted at the rear end oi'i the .non-metallic member and the forward end ot the tube.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.

FREDERICK A. STEVENS. JAMES W. VELSH. 

